Noosphere and FRMS holds the premier rocketry competitions in Ukraine

26 Jun 2018

Despite the sudden change of the 2018 World Championship date, FRMS and Noosphere managed to hold two major Ukrainian rocketry events at the same time. June 19-25, 2018 was the date for the Yangel Cup (rocket modelling world cup) and Ukrainian Rocket Modelling Championship.11 senior teams and 7 junior teams took part in the Ukrainian championships. Teams came from Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Ivano-Frankivsk, Poltava, Sumy, Chernihiv, Kharkiv, Cherkassy and Kherson districts.

The winners in Ukrainian Cup were:

Juniors:1 st place — Young Technicians Station team from Nyzhin2nd place — Dnipropetrovsk district team3rd place — Local Young Technicians station from KhristinovkaSeniors:1 st place — Nyzhin team2nd place — Dnipropetrovsk district team3rd place — Kherson city team

For the Yangel cup, which is an amateur rocketry world championship, holding it in Dnipro has become a tradition. The Yangel Cup is the 22nd rocketry competition this year. The cup brought together 46 athletes from Ukraine and Belarus.

Babikov Serhii from Kherson district became the absolute champion of Yangel Cup 2018. Association Noosphere prepared a special prize for him, as well as medals, cups and diplomas for the other winners.The results of these and other rocketry events are available on the CupNavigator website.